Recruiting in China

Zhejiang University set up a special class to help 29 heirs of the family enterprises to build confidence and to gain experiences in management; however, none of them chose to go back to inherit the family heritage, but to start their own careers from scratch instead.

All the 29 graduates have started their own career. One started a game company, and all the other 28 found jobs in property, cars and Internet industries.

Wang Weixiao, an heir of a big hardware factory, now works in a car factory in Zhejiang. ¡°I don¡¯t want my career to be based on the achievement of my father,¡± said Wang. In fact, his father really wants Wang to help him, and the post of ¡°vice general manager¡± is left vacant for Wang.

The other reason for Wang to refuse his father¡¯s offer is that he doesn¡¯t like the atmosphere in the family enterprise, where all the important posts are taken by family members, and every decision must be based on an emotional basis. ¡°The ineffective organization of my father¡¯s enterprise really chokes me, ¡±concluded Wang.